Chapter 44, 59 verses
Ha - Mim.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حم
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ha. Mim.
By the Book that makes things clear; -
والكتاب المبين
By the Scripture that maketh plain
We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).
إنا أنزلناه في ليلة مباركة ۚ إنا كنا منذرين
Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,
فيها يفرق كل أمر حكيم
Whereon every wise command is made clear
By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),
أمرا من عندنا ۚ إنا كنا مرسلين
As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);
رحمة من ربك ۚ إنه هو السميع العليم
A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما ۖ إن كنتم موقنين
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death, - The Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors.
لا إله إلا هو يحيي ويميت ۖ ربكم ورب آبائكم الأولين
There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
Yet they play about in doubt.
بل هم في شك يلعبون
Nay, but they play in doubt.
Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,
فارتقب يوم تأتي السماء بدخان مبين
But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
يغشى الناس ۖ هذا عذاب أليم
That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"
ربنا اكشف عنا العذاب إنا مؤمنون
(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.
How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them, -
أنى لهم الذكرى وقد جاءهم رسول مبين
How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"
ثم تولوا عنه وقالوا معلم مجنون
And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman ?
We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).
إنا كاشفو العذاب قليلا ۚ إنكم عائدون
Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!
يوم نبطش البطشة الكبرى إنا منتقمون
On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,
۞ ولقد فتنا قبلهم قوم فرعون وجاءهم رسول كريم
And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;
أن أدوا إلي عباد الله ۖ إني لكم رسول أمين
Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.
"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.
وأن لا تعلوا على الله ۖ إني آتيكم بسلطان مبين
And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.
وإني عذت بربي وربكم أن ترجمون
And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
وإن لم تؤمنوا لي فاعتزلون
And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
فدعا ربه أن هؤلاء قوم مجرمون
And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
فأسر بعبادي ليلا إنكم متبعون
Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
واترك البحر رهوا ۖ إنهم جند مغرقون
And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.
How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
كم تركوا من جنات وعيون
How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
And corn - fields and noble buildings,
وزروع ومقام كريم
And the cornlands and the goodly sites
And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!
ونعمة كانوا فيها فاكهين
And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!
كذلك ۖ وأورثناها قوما آخرين
Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).
فما بكت عليهم السماء والأرض وما كانوا منظرين
And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
ولقد نجينا بني إسرائيل من العذاب المهين
And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
من فرعون ۚ إنه كان عاليا من المسرفين
(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
ولقد اخترناهم على علم على العالمين
And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
وآتيناهم من الآيات ما فيه بلاء مبين
And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
إن هؤلاء ليقولون
Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
إن هي إلا موتتنا الأولى وما نحن بمنشرين
There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
فأتوا بآبائنا إن كنتم صادقين
Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
أهم خير أم قوم تبع والذين من قبلهم ۚ أهلكناهم ۖ إنهم كانوا مجرمين
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them ? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
وما خلقنا السماوات والأرض وما بينهما لاعبين
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
ما خلقناهما إلا بالحق ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون
We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them, -
إن يوم الفصل ميقاتهم أجمعين
Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,
يوم لا يغني مولى عن مولى شيئا ولا هم ينصرون
A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
إلا من رحم الله ۚ إنه هو العزيز الرحيم
Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
Verily the tree of Zaqqum
إن شجرت الزقوم
Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
Will be the food of the Sinful, -
طعام الأثيم
The food of the sinner!
Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
كالمهل يغلي في البطون
Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
Like the boiling of scalding water.
كغلي الحميم
As the seething of boiling water.
(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
خذوه فاعتلوه إلى سواء الجحيم
(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
ثم صبوا فوق رأسه من عذاب الحميم
Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
ذق إنك أنت العزيز الكريم
(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
إن هذا ما كنتم به تمترون
Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
إن المتقين في مقام أمين
Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
Among Gardens and Springs;
في جنات وعيون
Amid gardens and watersprings,
Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
يلبسون من سندس وإستبرق متقابلين
Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.
كذلك وزوجناهم بحور عين
Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
يدعون فيها بكل فاكهة آمنين
They call therein for every fruit in safety.
Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire, -
لا يذوقون فيها الموت إلا الموتة الأولى ۖ ووقاهم عذاب الجحيم
They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,
As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!
فضلا من ربك ۚ ذلك هو الفوز العظيم
A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.
فإنما يسرناه بلسانك لعلهم يتذكرون
And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.
فارتقب إنهم مرتقبون
Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.